Chapter 246: Chapter 245: What About the Promised Room and Board?
Chapter 245: What About the Promised Room and Board?
"Hahaha..."
After hearing about Ritsuka Fujimaru’s miserable experience in the Sixth Singularity, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Not only did they have to clean the entire Holy City, but they also had to dance before the Lion King. She was really treating the Chaldea crew like her personal servants. Although there was no physical harm, the few of them were definitely worked to the bone. The Holy City was not small, and cleaning it was definitely not easy, especially in a desert region where everything was covered in sand.
"Although you were hard laborers for a while, you cleared the Sixth Singularity without any injuries. Isn’t that a good thing?" Kenji comforted her.
"Compared to being a hard laborer, I would have preferred to have a fight with the Lion King and her knights," Ritsuka Fujimaru rolled her eyes.
"By the way, the Lion King is at Chaldea now. She asked me to pass on a message to you: when are you going to make good on your ’room and board included’ promise?"
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Kenji thought for a moment. He did remember casually saying "room and board included" during the summoning. He hadn’t expected the Lion King to remember it so clearly.
"Can’t your Chaldea cover it?"
Mentioning this, Gudako and Mash, who had come with her, looked at each other, as if remembering something terrifying.
Mash said, sweating, "That Lady Lion King’s appetite is too large. Ever since she arrived at Chaldea, our Chaldea’s food reserves have been... a bit stretched."
Unless they had a supply of ingredients from Kenji’s world, they really couldn’t afford to host her. Therefore, the people of Chaldea were all in unanimous agreement: they hoped the Lion King would hurry up and find Kenji to get her promised room and board.
"I see. So she has a King’s Stomach too," Kenji realized. It didn’t matter which "dopey" it was; their appetite was always huge. So that’s what it was. He had been wondering why Gudako had been asking him for so many ingredients lately. This was the reason. He was raising a Saber Alter at home, so he knew her appetite. Although it couldn’t compare to people like him and Atashino who had mastered Food Immersion, it was still far beyond that of an ordinary person. And the Lion King wasn’t an ordinary Artoria; her appetite might be even more astonishing.
Artoria looked up at the sky. The Lion King is eating and drinking a lot... what does that have to do with me?
"Let her stay at your Chaldea for a while longer. We’ll talk about it later."
The moment Kenji’s voice fell, Gudako’s face changed. She directly hugged his leg and said pitifully, "Don’t do this! That Lion King eats too much! Chaldea is going to go broke!"
"The ingredients are on me."
"Ahem! Then it’s fine."
Gudako performed an instant face-change. You should have said so earlier! And you made me put on such an emotional and miserable performance!
"Senpai..."
Mash was exhausted. They had known each other for a long time; she was already used to this. Where is your shame?
Kenji really wanted to ask this question, but asking seemed to be in vain. Did Gudako care about shame?
Gudako left. Before she did, she reminded Kenji not to forget to send the food over.
On the Pudding Star, Toriko lay on the ground with a huge belly, even more exaggerated than a pregnant woman’s. He had mastered Food Immersion, which converted what he ate into stored energy. One could only imagine what a massive amount he had eaten at once.
"Mr. Toriko, if you don’t control yourself, I feel like the Tiny Shell is going to be overloaded," Komatsu said, beads of sweat on his forehead, unable to stop himself from advising him. Although the Pudding Star wasn’t as big as Earth, Toriko had eaten half of it in one go. The conversion of Food Immersion couldn’t keep up.
"Hic... So delicious! A pudding that isn’t cloying at all! I can’t stop!"
Toriko couldn’t get up right now. He had to wait until his stomach had completely shrunk before he could move again, so he was just lying on the ground.
CRUNCH... CRUNCH...
"Toriko, as expected of you. The glutton of the Four Heavenly Kings," Kenji said as he and Atashino walked over. They were each holding a pile of potato chips.
These were chips sprinkled with Multi-Flavored Meteorite Salt. They were crispy and refreshing. Each grain of salt had a different flavor: lime, cucumber, spicy...
"Kenji?"
"Want to try some of this pudding? It’s delicious."
Kenji looked around, then slowly shook his head and said, "It’s been gnawed beyond recognition. You can eat it yourself."
"How long did it take you to eat half a planet?"
"Less than a day. Am I right, Komatsu?" Toriko thought for a moment. He hadn’t looked at his watch.
"...About that. A little over half a day," Komatsu nodded. His partner really could eat a lot.
"Hah—"
Toriko took a deep breath, and his bulging stomach instantly recovered. His chiseled abs reappeared.
"The ingredients of the universe are so satisfying to eat! What ingredients have you encountered, Kenji?" Toriko asked.
"The Giant Stinky Durian Star."
As he spoke, Kenji took out the golden fruit pulp. A mellow fragrance permeated the air, and Toriko’s drool instantly turned into a waterfall cascading three thousand feet.
"So it was you! I smelled that stench from light-years away at the time," Toriko laughed. "Komatsu fainted on the spot."
Komatsu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. It was just too smelly, many times more exaggerated than the Durian Bomb.
"Toriko, how is your Full Course Menu collection going?"
"I confirmed the salad a while ago. The Ten-Color Hundred-Flavor Lettuce," Toriko said. "I still haven’t decided on the meat and drink courses."
He wasn’t in a hurry. He would add a suitable ingredient to his menu when he encountered one.
Kenji nodded. He was also missing two ingredients. His progress was about the same as Toriko’s. Among the Four Heavenly Kings, only Toriko had not yet completed his menu. He was partly to blame for this, but it didn’t matter. There were plenty of ingredients; there would always be a more suitable one.
"Kenji, have you seen Coco and the others?"
Toriko hadn’t seen them in a while. They had all set off in different directions. Although they would surely meet at the Final Land, the chances of encountering each other before then were slim.
"I saw Zebra. He was beating up a Thorn Meteorite Turtle," Kenji said. He couldn’t help but laugh when he thought of Zebra hitting it while saying it had to "adapt to him." He had even seen a look of grievance in the turtle’s eyes.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Thorn Meteorite Turtle’s shell was covered in spikes and looked ferocious. Its personality was very docile, almost submissive. Anyone could bully it a bit, but very few could break its defense. Because its food was mainly meteorites, its shell contained a special alloy made of various meteoric irons and had an astonishingly high defensive power.
"That’s very Zebra. He was probably just bored and wanted to stretch his limbs," Toriko wasn’t surprised.
"Komatsu, you still don’t know how to use Food Luck?" Atashino asked, looking him up and down. Komatsu’s Food Luck was still very scattered.
"Huh? I don’t know how." Komatsu shook his head.
Seeing this, Kenji couldn’t help but say, "Toriko, your old mom is the famous Gourmet God, Lady Froese. Why don’t you have her give Komatsu some guidance on how to use Food Luck?"
"My mom knows how to do that?"
Toriko scratched his head in embarrassment. He didn’t even know what skills Froese had. His own strength was good enough now, so he had never asked.
Kenji and the others rolled their eyes in unison, completely speechless. That’s your own mother. You’ve known each other for so long, and you haven’t even learned what skills she has?